Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 35
Flaw (n.) A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
Has not this also its flaws and its dark side? -- South.
Flaw (n.) A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. [Obs.]
And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. -- Dryden.
Flaw (n.) A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. -- Milton.
Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. -- Tennyson.
Syn: Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck.
Flawed (imp. & p. p.) of Flaw.
Flawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flaw.
Flaw (v. t.) To crack; to make flaws in.
The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed. -- Dryden.
Flaw (v. t.) To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.]
France hath flawed the league. -- Shak.
Flaw (n.) An imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [syn: defect, fault, flaw].
Flaw (n.) Defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless".
Flaw (n.) An imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness.
Flaw (v.) Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [syn: flaw, blemish].
Flawless (a.) Free from flaws. -- Boyle.
Flawless (a.) Without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone" [syn: flawless, unflawed].
Flawn (n.) A sort of flat custard or pie.
Flawter (v. t.) To scrape or pare, as a skin. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Flawy (a.) Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty. -- Johnson.
Flawy (a.) Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.
Flax (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.
Flax (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
Flax (n.) [ U ] A plant with blue flowers grown for its stems or seeds, or the thread made from this plant.
Flaxen (a.) Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.
Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.
Flaxseed (n.) The seed of the flax; linseed.
Flaxweed (n.) See Toadflax.
Flaxy (a.) Like flax; flaxen.
Flayed (imp. & p. p.) of Flay.
Flaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flay.
Flay (v. t.) To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.
Flayer (n.) One who strips off the skin.
Flea (v. t.) To flay.
Flea (n.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix.
Fleabane (n.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.
Flea-beetle (n.) A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.
Flea-bite (n.) The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.
Flea-bite (n.) A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea.
Flea-bitten (a.) Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
Flea-bitten (a.) White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said of the color of a horse.
Fleagh () imp. of Fly.
Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.
Fleaking (n.) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses.
Flea-louse (n.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.
Fleam (n.) A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet.
Fleamy (a.) Bloody; clotted.
Flear (v. t. & i.) See Fleer.
Fleawort (n.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds.
Fleche (n.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.
Fleck (n.) A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.
Fleck (n.) A spot; a streak; a speckle.
Flecked (imp. & p. p.) of Fleck.
Flecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleck.
Fleck (n.) To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
Fleck (n.) [ C usually plural ] A small mark or spot.
// Blackbirds' eggs are pale blue with brown flecks on them.
// I got a few flecks of paint on the window.
Flecker (v. t.) To fleck.
Fleckless (a.) Without spot or blame.
Flection (n.) The act of bending, or state of being bent.
Flection (n.) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
Flector (n.) A flexor.
Fled () imp. & p. p. of Flee.
Fledge (v. i.) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
Fledged (imp. & p. p.) of Fledge.
Fledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fledge.
Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.
Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
Fledgeling (n.) A young bird just fledged.
Fled (imp. & p. p.) of Flee.
Fleeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flee.
Flee (v. i.) 逃，逃走 [（+from）]；消失；消散；(v. t.) 逃離；逃避 To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. -- Shak.
Flee fornication. -- 1 Cor. vi. 18.
So fled his enemies my warlike father. -- Shak.
Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost speed. "Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?" -- Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.
Flee (v.) Run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: {flee}, {fly}, {take flight}].
Fleece (n.) The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
Fleece (n.) Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
Fleece (n.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Fleeced (imp. & p. p.) of Fleece.
Fleecing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleece.
Fleece (v. t.) To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
Fleece (v. t.) To spread over as with wool.
Fleeced (a.) Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced.
Fleeced (a.) Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.
Fleeceless (a.) Without a fleece.
Fleecer (n.) One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund.
Fleecy (a.) Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece.
Fleecy (a.) Soft and like a sheep's wool, or looking like this.
// Fleecy clouds.
Fleen (n. pl.) Obs. pl. of Flea.
Fleer (n.) One who flees.
Fleered (imp. & p. p.) of Fleer.
Fleering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleer.
Fleer () To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout.
Fleer () To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
Fleer (v. t.) To mock; to flout at.
Flear (n.) A word or look of derision or mockery.
Flear (n.) A grin of civility; a leer.
Fleerer (n.) One who fleers.
Fleeringly (adv.) In a fleering manner.
Fleeted (imp. & p. p.) of Fleet.
Fleeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleet.
Fleet (v. t.) 消磨（時間）；【海】變換（船員或船）的位置 To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly. -- Shak.
Fleet (v. t.) (Naut.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle. -- Totten.
Fleet (v. t.) (Naut.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
Fleet (v. t.) (Naut.) To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.
We got the long "stick" . . . down and "fleeted" aft, where it was secured. -- F. T. Bullen.
Fleet (v. i.) To sail; to float. [Obs.]
And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. -- Spenser.
Fleet (v. i.) 疾飛；掠過；【海】變換位置 To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. -- Milton.
Fleet (v. i.) (Natu.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Fleet (v. i.) (Natu.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.
Fleet (a.) 快速的，敏捷的； 轉瞬即逝的 Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. -- Milton.
Fleet (a.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. [Prov. Eng.] -- Mortimer.
Fleet (v. t.) To take the cream from; to skim. [Prov. Eng.] -- Johnson.
Fleet (n.) 艦隊； 船隊； 車隊； 港灣，小河 A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
Fleet captain, The senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Fleet (n.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets. -- Matthewes.
Fleet (n.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
Fleet parson, A clergyman of low character, in, or in the vicinity of, the Fleet prison, who was ready to unite persons in marriage (called Fleet marriage) at any hour, without public notice, witnesses, or consent of parents.
Fleet (a.) Moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner" [syn: fleet, swift].
Fleet (n.) Group of aircraft operating together under the same Ownership.
Fleet (n.) Group of motor vehicles operating together under the same Ownership.
Fleet (n.) A group of steamships operating together under the same ownership.
Fleet (n.) A group of warships organized as a tactical unit.
Fleet (v.) Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit, flutter, fleet, dart].
Fleet (v.) Disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass].
Fleet (), Punishment, Eng. law, Saxon fleot. A place of running water, where the tide or float comes up. A prison in London, so called from a river or ditch which was formerly there, on the side of which it stood.